Kari Lake Loses Again as US Supreme Court Junks Her Lawsuit Over Electronic Voting Machines
Kari Lake just lost another court battle, this time in the highest court in the land as the US Supreme Court threw out her lawsuit that challenged the use of electronic voting machines in Arizona.
Lake, without any solid evidence to back her claims, claimed that these electronic voting machines caused her and former state lawmaker Mark Finchem to lose their respective elections. Lake ran for Arizona governor but lost to Democrat Katie Hobbs, while Finchem ran for secretary of state. He also lost to a Democrat. After losing their races, they echoed their ally, Donald Trump's claims that electronic voting machines are rigged.
The two filed the lawsuit two years ago, and two lower courts dismissed it after finding that they were not harmed in any way by these voting machines and that there was no evidence of widespread voter fraud in Arizona. Much like Donald Trump, the two doubled down and took the fight all the way to the US Supreme Court.
According to CNN, the Supreme Court dismissed the two failed Republican candidates' appeals on Monday without any comment, furthering Lake's losing streak in the courts.
In their lawsuit, the two Republicans cited "opinions by purported experts on manipulation risk." However, they admitted that they did "not contend that any electronic tabulation machine in Arizona has ever been hacked," with Lake's own lawyers conceding "that their arguments were limited to potential future hacking, and not based on any past harm."
The lawsuit went after the Arizona Secretary of State and the boards of supervisors of Maricopa and Pima Counties to ban the use of electronic voting machines. They all waived their right to respond to the Supreme Court appeal as they believed the litigation was frivolous.
Lower Courts Also Found Kari Lake Lawsuit To Lack Standing
While the Supreme Court rejected the lawsuit without comment, which is a common practice by the highest court in the land, legal experts noted that they likely agreed with previous lower court findings that the law did not have much ground to stand on.
The lawsuit largely relied on testimony from Donald Trump supporters who led a discredited review of the election in Maricopa County. This includes the "forensic audit" of the election by Cyber Ninjas, per the Associated Press.
"Lake and Finchem lacked standing to sue because they failed to show any realistic likelihood of harm," ruled US District Judge John Tuchi. That same judge also sanctioned the two Republicans' attorneys for "bringing a claim based on frivolous information."
Kari Lake Flipflops on Arizona Abortion Law, Switches Sides Once Again
Meanwhile, Kari Lake is also running for Senator, and she seems to be flip-flopping on the controversial 1864 Arizona total abortion ban. She originally supported it before flipping after the intense backlash. She once again flipped sides as she complained that the controversial ban is not being enforced enough.
"The Arizona Supreme Court said this is the law of Arizona, but unfortunately, the people running our state have said we're not going to enforce it. So it's really political theater," Lake said in an interview with the Arizona Dispatch. "We don't have that law as much as many of us wish we did."
Lake previously called on state lawmakers to repeal the law that she now says should be enforced.
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Written by: Rick Martin
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